Lisa Marie Rice's new book, Heart of Danger: A Ghost Ops Novel is out. I am about halfway into it and am surprised that it takes place in the future (maybe 15 or 20 years), and the h has telepathic powers. It involves world politics and danger and so far the story is feeling a little too intense for me. Its expensive, $8.89 on my Kindle. Anyone else start this one yet?

Ugh. Say it ain't so LMR! Well, I won't be reading it and frankly, I didn't read her last two books. She's gotten too repetitive for me, but maybe that explains this change in setting. Too bad it's a change that I don't particularly care for. Oh well . . ._________________Later that night, still 1789!
~"Start the Revolution Without Me!"

Ugh. Say it ain't so LMR! Well, I won't be reading it and frankly, I didn't read her last two books. She's gotten too repetitive for me, but maybe that explains this change in setting. Too bad it's a change that I don't particularly care for. Oh well . . .

This book was an uncomfortable read for me for two reasons. First, there was some torture going on with comrads of the H that I found very disturbing and secondly, the H and h were busy "getting to know one another" when I thought they should be rescuing the fallen comrads so the romance didn't work for me.

I usually enjoy futuristic books but here it was handled in a weird way. All the futuristic elements felt tacked on. When a "futuristic object" is introduced, it feels like info dump. There was nothing organic about the worldbuilding. This book could easily have been written as a contemporary, IMO. Even the paranormal elements could have been written out.

But the worldbuilding isn't my only problem with this book. The pacing also felt off. The hero distrusts the heroine until midway through the book (with reasons) and then they're suddenly getting it on a few pages later. I might have overlooked this if the main couple had the usual "LMR chemistry" but here the romance felt pretty bland to me. There was no spark.

And while all the distrusting and sexy times are going on, the reader is made aware that there's a guy important to the hero about to be executed. It's hard to root for a couple and a community of refugees when we are reminded of the villain's plot every chapter or so. The hero and his mates have all the info they need but don't act on it. Instead we get treated to a birth, sex scenes, breakfasts/lunches/dinners etc...

To be fair, the book happens over a very short period of time (we're almost talking hours here). But it's one of its stumbling blocks, IMO. LMR pulled it off several times before but she wasn't so successful here.

I was three quarters through the book when I found myself wondering why I was still reading since I wasn't interested in the fate of the main couple. So I put the book away and found myself something better to read. So many books, so little time.

I won't be reading this one, but Dabney's review is hilarious. "nodded enthusiastically," indeed. LOL_________________Binocular vision, no need to hop, and an ever-so-much easier time of it climbing ladders.
- James Cobham in Freedom & Necessity

The review made me grin. I'm waiting for this Rice book to show up at the ubs. I'm not a fan of instant sex in romances. Like the build up of sexual tension better makes the story feel more like a romance than erotica with the story being an afterthought.